Latest in Tag: Gaza Highlight
Latest in Tag: Gaza
Foreign Ministry warns Israel on military operations
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry warned its Israeli counterparts Thursday against ongoing military operations in the occupied Palestinian territories, citing concerns over the ârepercussions of continuing Israeli military operationsâ. The operations come as part of Israelâs expanded search for three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, and have included air strikes, raids, and dozens of arrests of Palestinians. Israel …
The Palestinian national reconciliation: Regional and international implications
By Fadi Elhusseini Palestinian success in burying a seven-year division has surpassed its domestic effects and has, without a doubt, regional and international implications. With the Palestinian unity government, the relationships between the Palestinians and Israelis on one side and the Palestinians, their Arab neighbours and the international community on the other side will experience …
Israel aims to break Hamas as hunt for youths intensifies
AFP – Israel stepped up efforts to crush Hamas in the West Bank on Tuesday as the hunt for three Israeli teenagers believed kidnapped by the Islamist movement entered its fifth day. Thousands of Israel troops engaged in the search for the youths turned their attention during the night to the northern West Bank city …
âUnjust to focusâ on Rafah: Egyptian ambassador to Palestine
For the past 11 months, Egyptian authorities have repeatedly shut down the border crossing and it is estimated that thousands need to travel
Israel denies future Palestinian ministers West Bank entry
Gazaâs Islamist rulers and the Western-backed Palestine Liberation Organisation, which is dominated by Abbasâs secular Fatah party, signed a surprise reconciliation agreement in April to end years of rivalry.
Fahmy begins UK visit
Terrorism and Middle East peace process top foreign ministerâs agenda in London
Joint Egypt-Palestine committee calls for end of âIsraeli siege on Gazaâ
This is the first time the committee has convened in nine years and comes ahead of talks at the level of the foreign ministers
Preparations for high-level Egypt-Palestine talks underway
Reconciliation efforts continue in Doha between Palestinian leaders
Rafah border crossing opens for two days
Egyptian authorities open the crossing for humanitarian cases upon Palestineâs request
Gaza tunnels discovered in Rafah Mosque
Armed forces find six tunnel openings concealed in a North Sinai Mosque
Fahmy and Fatah discuss negotiations and Palestinian reconciliation
Foreign minister meets Fatah member ahead of renewed Palestinian reconciliation efforts
Haniyeh calls for permanent opening of Rafah crossing
The border crossing has been closed since 1 April; humanitarian cases are still cut off inside the strip without access to assistance
Fahmy and Abbas meet ahead of emergency Arab League meeting
Abbas and Fahmy discussed the ongoing final status negotiations and the âobstaclesâ involved in the process
Rafah border crossing shut after three days of operation
Egyptian authorities had opened the border crossing for three consecutive days this week
Three Palestinians killed in Israeli West Bank raid
The Palestinian sources said Israeli soldiers entered the camp in the northern West Bank city to arrest Hamza Abu Alheja, 20, a member of the military wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.
Egypt allows Qatari aid to Gaza
Foreign minister confirms Egypt support for Palestinian cause, condemns âunilateralâ Israeli actions
âIt was like I was a terroristâ: Deported American activist
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, was detained for hours, allegedly assaulted and deported
Egypt and Gaza
Last Friday, a small group of Palestinians protested near the Egyptian border, demanding the opening of the Rafah border. Their congregation ended uneventfully; however, it highlights a brewing crisis between post-Morsi Egypt and the Hamas government in Gaza that can easily explode any time soon. Moreover, Tony Blair, the special envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East …
Egypt deports US anti-war activist travelling to Gaza
Medea Benjamin, who co-founded the CodePink anti-war group, was detained on arrival in Cairo airport on Monday.
Hamas says to privatise Gaza crossing
The coastal strip, whose air and sea lanes are blocked by Israel, has three land crossings; Erez and Kerem Shalom with Israel and Rafah with Egypt.
Egypt continues destruction of Gaza tunnels
According to an official statement by military spokesman Ahmed Ali, 10 tunnels in the border town of Rafah were destroyed on 10 February, and another 10 were destroyed on Saturday.
Gazans endure power blackouts with dark humour
Hemmed in by Israeli and Egyptian blockades, Gaza is plagued by long and frequent power blackouts, prompting some residents to try to lighten the mood with dark humour.
Rafah border crossing open for three days
The decision comes as many inside the strip are unable to gain access to medical care
Hamas and Brotherhood call prison break case âfarcicalâ
The Muslim Brotherhood says the trial harms the judiciary
Israel policy splits Palestinian families: NGOs
Current Israeli policy bars Gazans from travelling to the West Bank except in extremely rare circumstances.
Rafah crossing to open on Wednesday and Thursday
The border crossing has been closed since 27 December
Abbas meets Egyptian Ambassador
Meeting comes hours after Hamas calls on the ambassador to quit ‘incitement’
Four tunnels, six houses destroyed in troubled Sinai
Actions are part of the armyâs ongoing war against Al Qaeda-inspired militants
Militants attack Sinai pipeline
Suspected militants have bombed a natural gas pipeline Tuesday
Fatah urges Hamas to stop interfering in Arab countries
Egypt remains a point of contention bet6ween the rival groups